Crypto Market Daily Report - Market Analysis & Insights

Fear and Greed Index

22.00% Annual Percentile

64 Neutral

Total Crypto Market Cap

$2.62T

0.84%

Total Market Trading Volume

$72.12B

17.81%

Altcoin Season Index

33.33%

Quarterly Percentile

39 / 100

Total Futures Market Open Interest

1.27B

0.97%

Futures

457.10B

0.36%

Perpetuals

II. Industry Updates

Cryptocurrency Regulatory Trends

SEC granted a five-year Innovation Exemption allowing tokenized securities venues to trade NMS stocks on-chain via permissioned AMMs, boosting ONDO +10% and RWA-related tokens as regulated equity tokenization gains a formal U.S. pathway.

CFTC issued industry-wide no-action relief for passive software providers on Sept. 17, shielding non-custodial wallet developers from broker registration; UNI surged +16% and HYPE +10% as DeFi infrastructure faces reduced compliance risk.

UK FCA raided three unregistered P2P crypto sites in London with HMRC and police, issuing cease-and-desist orders; the crackdown signals stricter enforcement ahead of the Oct. 25, 2027 full regulatory framework taking effect.

UK FCA opens crypto authorization applications on Sept. 30 under new rules covering stablecoins, custody, and staking; existing AML registrations won’t auto-convert, requiring firms to reapply before the Feb. 28, 2027 transitional deadline.

FDIC approved state bank parity rule on Sept. 17 enabling state-chartered banks to deploy digital asset tools nationwide under home-state frameworks, accelerating institutional crypto infrastructure rollout alongside SEC and CFTC agency-led actions post-CLARITY Act stall.

Uniswap (UNI): Surged 19.15% to $7.28 on dynamic stablecoin fee launch and $989M volume.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR): Jumped 18.04% to $2.90 after Confidential TVL hit $70M milestone.

Lighter (LIT): Rose 17.50% to $4.93 driven by 15.5M token burn and Robinhood integration.

Smart Money Movements

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $450.4M in net outflows on September 15, led by Fidelity’s FBTC at -$214.8M and BlackRock’s IBIT at -$161.7M.

Strategy repurchased approximately 9.96 million STRC preferred shares for $950M over two months, with $765M funded through common stock sales.

Whale wallet 0x4553 swapped 512 WBTC ($38.64M) and 354 cbBTC ($26.73M) into 26,924 ETH worth $64.57M on September 16.

A smart money trader realized $1.89M profit from ETH and SOL longs and reopened new positions totaling $10.84M across BTC, SOL, and ETH.

Galaxy Research reported Q2 2026 crypto VC funding reached $5.68B across 384 deals, up 31% quarter-over-quarter with 78% allocated to late-stage rounds.

Events to Watch

Sep 18 (Fri)

BoJ rate decision expected at 1.25%; ECB Lagarde speech and Eurogroup meeting signal policy outlook

Sep 20 (Sun)

LayerZero (ZRO) cliff unlock of $23.94M, representing 6.69% of float supply

Sep 21 (Mon)

China 1Y/5Y LPR decisions expected at 3.0%/3.5%, key gauge of monetary easing stance

Sep 23 (Wed)

Global Flash PMI releases across US, Eurozone and UK; OECD interim economic outlook presentation

Sep 24 (Thu)

Trump-Xi White House summit on tariffs and trade; Bank of Mexico rate decision expected to hold at 6.5%

Phemex Crypto Market Daily: Crypto Market Daily Report - Market Analysis & Insights (Sep 18)

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II. Industry Updates

Cryptocurrency Regulatory Trends

SEC granted a five-year Innovation Exemption allowing tokenized securities venues to trade NMS stocks on-chain via permissioned AMMs, boosting ONDO +10% and RWA-related tokens as regulated equity tokenization gains a formal U.S. pathway.

CFTC issued industry-wide no-action relief for passive software providers on Sept. 17, shielding non-custodial wallet developers from broker registration; UNI surged +16% and HYPE +10% as DeFi infrastructure faces reduced compliance risk.

UK FCA raided three unregistered P2P crypto sites in London with HMRC and police, issuing cease-and-desist orders; the crackdown signals stricter enforcement ahead of the Oct. 25, 2027 full regulatory framework taking effect.

UK FCA opens crypto authorization applications on Sept. 30 under new rules covering stablecoins, custody, and staking; existing AML registrations won’t auto-convert, requiring firms to reapply before the Feb. 28, 2027 transitional deadline.

FDIC approved state bank parity rule on Sept. 17 enabling state-chartered banks to deploy digital asset tools nationwide under home-state frameworks, accelerating institutional crypto infrastructure rollout alongside SEC and CFTC agency-led actions post-CLARITY Act stall.

Uniswap (UNI): Surged 19.15% to $7.28 on dynamic stablecoin fee launch and $989M volume.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR): Jumped 18.04% to $2.90 after Confidential TVL hit $70M milestone.

Lighter (LIT): Rose 17.50% to $4.93 driven by 15.5M token burn and Robinhood integration.

Smart Money Movements

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $450.4M in net outflows on September 15, led by Fidelity’s FBTC at -$214.8M and BlackRock’s IBIT at -$161.7M.

Strategy repurchased approximately 9.96 million STRC preferred shares for $950M over two months, with $765M funded through common stock sales.

Whale wallet 0x4553 swapped 512 WBTC ($38.64M) and 354 cbBTC ($26.73M) into 26,924 ETH worth $64.57M on September 16.

A smart money trader realized $1.89M profit from ETH and SOL longs and reopened new positions totaling $10.84M across BTC, SOL, and ETH.

Galaxy Research reported Q2 2026 crypto VC funding reached $5.68B across 384 deals, up 31% quarter-over-quarter with 78% allocated to late-stage rounds.

Events to Watch

Sep 18 (Fri)

Sep 20 (Sun)

Sep 21 (Mon)

Sep 23 (Wed)

Sep 24 (Thu)

Table of Contents

II. Industry Updates

Cryptocurrency Regulatory Trends

SEC granted a five-year Innovation Exemption allowing tokenized securities venues to trade NMS stocks on-chain via permissioned AMMs, boosting ONDO +10% and RWA-related tokens as regulated equity tokenization gains a formal U.S. pathway.

CFTC issued industry-wide no-action relief for passive software providers on Sept. 17, shielding non-custodial wallet developers from broker registration; UNI surged +16% and HYPE +10% as DeFi infrastructure faces reduced compliance risk.

UK FCA raided three unregistered P2P crypto sites in London with HMRC and police, issuing cease-and-desist orders; the crackdown signals stricter enforcement ahead of the Oct. 25, 2027 full regulatory framework taking effect.

UK FCA opens crypto authorization applications on Sept. 30 under new rules covering stablecoins, custody, and staking; existing AML registrations won’t auto-convert, requiring firms to reapply before the Feb. 28, 2027 transitional deadline.

FDIC approved state bank parity rule on Sept. 17 enabling state-chartered banks to deploy digital asset tools nationwide under home-state frameworks, accelerating institutional crypto infrastructure rollout alongside SEC and CFTC agency-led actions post-CLARITY Act stall.

Trending Tokens

Uniswap (UNI): Surged 19.15% to $7.28 on dynamic stablecoin fee launch and $989M volume.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR): Jumped 18.04% to $2.90 after Confidential TVL hit $70M milestone.

Lighter (LIT): Rose 17.50% to $4.93 driven by 15.5M token burn and Robinhood integration.

Smart Money Movements

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $450.4M in net outflows on September 15, led by Fidelity’s FBTC at -$214.8M and BlackRock’s IBIT at -$161.7M.

Strategy repurchased approximately 9.96 million STRC preferred shares for $950M over two months, with $765M funded through common stock sales.

Whale wallet 0x4553 swapped 512 WBTC ($38.64M) and 354 cbBTC ($26.73M) into 26,924 ETH worth $64.57M on September 16.

A smart money trader realized $1.89M profit from ETH and SOL longs and reopened new positions totaling $10.84M across BTC, SOL, and ETH.

Galaxy Research reported Q2 2026 crypto VC funding reached $5.68B across 384 deals, up 31% quarter-over-quarter with 78% allocated to late-stage rounds.

Events to Watch

Sep 18 (Fri)

Sep 20 (Sun)

Sep 21 (Mon)

Sep 23 (Wed)

Sep 24 (Thu)